Funding, News and Announcements

A second call has been announced by CIHR for the Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program. This is a joint initiative of CIHR, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa, the Israel Science Foundation, and the Azrieli Foundation.

The scientific focus of these calls is the biomedical sciences, with special emphasis in this call on new frontiers in immunology. There is an expectation that research teams include researchers from low- and middle-income countries, as well as Canadians and Israelis. Up to $1.17 million is available for a project implementation period of up to three years.

Full details are available on the ResearchNet website here.

Any faculty member interested in this opportunity is asked to contact the International Research Facilitator (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) in Dalhousie Research Services for more information and support in preparing an application.

Deadline: 15 February 2016